﻿inhabiting 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands. 
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  8. 
  ZOSTEROPS 
  C/ERULESCENS. 
  

  

  Zosterops 
  ccerulescens, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  77 
  . 
  

  

  These 
  birds 
  at 
  certain 
  seasons 
  frequent 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  

   Hanson's 
  Bay 
  in 
  myriads, 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  little 
  sand-hoppers 
  

   (Crustacea 
  of 
  the 
  Amphipodous 
  group). 
  

  

  9. 
  Prosthemadera 
  nov^-zealandi.e. 
  

   Prosthemadera 
  nova-zealandice, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  94. 
  

  

  10. 
  Anthornis 
  melanura. 
  

  

  Anthornis 
  melanura, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  85. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  Wharekauri, 
  Rangiauria 
  (Pitt's 
  

   Island), 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  small 
  islet 
  of 
  Mangare, 
  where 
  it 
  lives 
  in 
  

   association 
  with 
  A. 
  melanocephala. 
  

  

  Several 
  skins 
  of 
  young 
  birds 
  received 
  from 
  Mangare, 
  

   which 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  I 
  attribute 
  to 
  this 
  species, 
  are 
  much 
  

   larger 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  darker 
  green 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  than 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  young 
  and 
  females 
  of 
  A. 
  melanura 
  from 
  New 
  

   Zealand 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  They 
  may 
  represent 
  a 
  new 
  

   species; 
  if 
  so, 
  they 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  A. 
  melanura; 
  for 
  

   they 
  possess 
  the 
  pale 
  breast-plumes 
  under 
  the 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  

   wing 
  which 
  are 
  so 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  and 
  old 
  of 
  both 
  

   sexes 
  of 
  that 
  species, 
  and 
  which 
  are 
  absent 
  in 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  

   A, 
  melanocephala 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Collection, 
  the 
  only 
  specimen 
  

   of 
  this 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  examine. 
  

  

  11. 
  Anthornis 
  melanocephala. 
  

  

  Anthornis 
  melanocephala, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  92. 
  

  

  My 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained 
  on 
  Little 
  Mangare, 
  which 
  is, 
  

   according 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Hawkins, 
  ''^now 
  terribly 
  difficult 
  to 
  reach, 
  

   as 
  the 
  cliffs 
  have 
  fallen 
  down." 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Dieffenbach 
  noted 
  in 
  1840 
  that 
  " 
  the 
  Mako-mako, 
  the 
  

   finest 
  songster 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  is 
  also 
  found 
  here, 
  and 
  is 
  

   larger 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  there, 
  which 
  raises 
  the 
  suspicion 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  

   another 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  Honey-eater" 
  (J. 
  U. 
  Gr. 
  S. 
  xi. 
  p. 
  207). 
  

  

  The 
  museum 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  W. 
  Rothschild 
  at 
  Tring 
  contains, 
  

   1 
  understand, 
  a 
  large 
  series 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  12. 
  EUDYNAMIS 
  TAITENSIS. 
  

  

  Eudynamis 
  taitensis, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  i. 
  p. 
  127. 
  

  

  